Social Studies

INFO PLEASE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

Research any country in the world. Check out the Homework Center!

EXCITE TRAVEL

http://www.excite.com/travel/countries/

Find information on any country or territory to

help you with your geography lessons and reports.

A LINK TO GEOGRAPHY (1-6)

http://206.127.206.134/c/@Um_fQTxRGLUZQ/Pages/mggwelcome.html

Maps, Globes and Graphs: Learning games graded for grades 1 - 6 that teach geography themes.

INFOPLEASE ATLAS

http://www.infoplease.com/atlas/

Get maps and flags from regions and

countries all over the world.

INFOPLEASE KIDS ALMANAC

http://kids.infoplease.com/

Look up information on a variety of

subjects and try play some of the
learning games!

ABC NEWS 4 KIDS

http://abcnews.go.com/abcnews4kids/kids/index.html

You will want to access this site often. It uses multimedia to get to focus

on current events. New stories are added every Tuesday and Thursday.

MR. DONN ANCIENT HISTORY PAGES

http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/index.html#EGYPT

A gold mine of web sites and activities for teachers of ancient

civilizations.

DonÕt pass up this one!

EGYPTIAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY TOUR:

http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/main.html

From the University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art, this

exhibit has many Egyptian artifacts. It's not just a reference site,
this online exhibit is a great starting place for any study on the
ancient Egyptian culture.

McGRANE GRADES 5 & 6 ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS PROJECTS

http://www.xs4all.nl/~swanson/origins/eg_history_intro.html

Projects and Resources shared by the International School of Amsterdam.

THE AMAZING PICTURE MACHINE

http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

A search engine to find pictures you may need

for a report. Just type in the picture you need

and hopefully the database contains it!!

NEWSPAPERS ON THE WEB

http://www.concentric.net/~stevewt

The largest newspaper index on the web.

Great source for current events.

EYEWITNESS HISTORY

http://www.ibiscom.com/

Eyewitness history takes a look at major events in history through the eyes of eyewitnesses, using

personal letters and essays. Excellent site that offers and interesting and real perspective on the past.

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

http://www.ncss.org

Good resource for all social studies teachers.

GLOBAL WEB

http://www.bestschools.org/hs/sstudies/global9/home.html

Are your students researching world cultures from 4000 BC to 1700 AD? This site does a

great job of encouraging student research in both traditional media (newspapers and
journals) and the Internet. This site, created by a high school teacher, has an upper

level focusl. Students can search for their topic in a periodicals database. Check out

the periodicals listed in this database, you may want to add some to your school library

collection.

THE GREAT ADVENTURE:

http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/cmceng/childeng.html

Take a virtual trip around the world! Learn about other nations and cultures: what makes

us the same, and what makes us different, and take part in the many activities for each stop.

A LINK TO THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (9-12)

http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/sccoll/renprint/renprint.html

An online exhibit with text and pictures by the Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina.

CASTLES ON THE WEB

http://www.castlesontheweb.com

This is great site for classes studying the middle ages. Great source

of information with linksto other sites.

LINK TO THE WORLD (4-12)

http://www.mrdowling.com/

Mr. DowlingÕs Electronic Passport: Browse the world in a virtual classroom with Mr. Dowling.

Travel though time and space for visits to pre-colonial Africa, present day Europe or the Middle
East. Download study guides, homework assignments and tests. Mr. Dowling is a great social
studies teacher. Don't miss this one!!

HISTORY CENTRAL

http://www.historycentral.com/index.html

This is a good online source for gathering information on a variety of

topics related to history. It contains lots of useful information that
can be useful in writing reports or doing projects.

TEACHING GEOGRAPHY

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson071.shtml

This is a site created by Education World which include

activities on teaching geography using five themes. Geography
teachers, check this out!

RESOURCES FOR TEACHING GEOGRAPHY

http://faculty.acu.edu/~armstrongl/geography/geog.htm

This site contains a lot of educational resources for the

K-12 geography teacher.

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS:

http://www.americanpresidents.org/

This site contains biographical information and highlights of each

presidential term in the White House.In addition there are teacher
guides, and an American President Portrait Exhibit, with exhibit
activities for students.

EXPLORE EARLY AMERICA:

http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html

Excellent resources and links for whatever aspect of early

American history you are studying, emphasizing the use of
primary documents.

HYPERHISTORY ONLINE

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/intro.html

HyperHistory presents 3'000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines,

timelines,and maps.

HISTORY OF COSTUME INDEX

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME1_INDEX.HTML

This is a great site for students who are studying various periods of history> Illustrations have a

Victorian perspective to their designs.

THE COSTUME SITE

http://milieux.com/costume/

Here is another site to find the costumes or

clothing from diffent time periods that may

be helpful in creating reports and multimedia

projects.

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOMEPGAE

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/

This is the ultimate site for links to any topic related to the American Civil War. It includes

biographies of civil war figures and lots of clip art.

DESERT USA

http://www.desertusa.com

Here's another virtual trip. This one is a trip through the North American deserts and surrounding

semiarid regions. There are images, stories, pictures, video clips and virtual reality tours. Information
is also available about almost every desert related topic with a searchable database.

WHAT'S IT LIKE WHERE YOU LIVE?

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm

Heres a great site for studying the world's biomes from desert to tundra to taiga and rainforest. This

site is a virtual tour containing student quizzes, plant and leaf information and sketches, and maps to
locations around the world.

VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE FOREST

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/forest/html/forest.html

This site takes you on a tour of an animated forest. Follow the map and find animals, birds, and needed

habitats of a forest. YouÕre given 18 questions to answer along the path, then end your tour with a
certificate.

POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA GALLERY

http://www.postcardsfrom.com/arcin.html

Here is a really neat site that contains postcards from all 50 states shared by photographer, Ken

Mahlenkamp. There are four or five postcards from every state with great facts written for more

information. This is a fun site to visit and to learn about our 50 states.

ONLINE HISTORY ACTIVITIES

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/onlineactivities.html

Here is an awesome list of social studies activities that goes on and on....There are teasure hunts,

webquests, cybertrips and much more on every historical period....collected by Dr. Marty Levine,
Professor Emeritus California State University, Northridge.

UNITED NATIONS CYBER SCHOOL BUS:

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/

Great site for all ages to learn about countries of the world, play games about countries and flags,

animated learning adventures, curriculum units on peace eduction, human rights poverty and much
more, and a survey of nineteen major global issues and what the UN is doing about them.

CONGRESS LINK

http://www.congresslink.org/

Do you know who represents you in 107th Congress? Just type your zipcode and receive information

including individual e-mail addresses, recent votes, and staff information. Includes teacher resources,
lesson plans, student activities, and links to other sites.

DK ACTIVE LEARNING CLUB/SOCIAL STUDIES

http://www.dkonline.com/kids/private/compass/index.html

This site has many great social studies links in the following areas: Atlas, Culture. Geography,

History. Just click on the circular icons at the bottom of the page.

HISTORY OF THE WORLD TIMELINE

http://www.historychannel.com/perl/timeline.pl?year=2000

Don't overlook this great timeline! It is a valuable resource

for historical topics from the dawn of recorded history to the 21st

century! Select a century and go!